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The journey may not yet even be half over, but Ru Kuwahata and Max Porter are already nearing a creative summit of sorts. Eight months into what has already been an extensive, awards-filled festival run with no foreseeable end on the horizon, the couple’s animated short “Negative Space” was recently nominated for an Oscar in that category by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
"Negative Space" filmmakers Ru Kuwahata and Ma...

Hey everyone, if you haven’t heard tomorrow, Tuesday 23rd, is the last and final day to enter the 3rd Annual Silver Scream Film Festival. We’ve announced a bunch of accepted films already with more on their way. You still have a chance to join these talented filmmakers for an unforgettable event in wine country.
As a reminder, all accepted entries get two complimentary passes to the event in Santa Rosa, CA this February 16-18.
We’re accepting al...

MIFF 2018, IV
Besides the competitive section, Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) 2018 will screen national and international films in the Prism category. A list of twenty films has been released in the International category under Prism. They are divided into three categories: Animation, short fiction up to 45 minutes in length, and documentaries of any duration. National selection will follow in the next update.
LIST OF FILM SELECTED FOR INTERNATIONAL PRISM SECTION...

Tomorrow is the last day to enter your feature, short, animation, screenplay, or graphic novel to the Silver Scream Film Fest.
The Silver Scream Fest is this February 16-18 at the Roxy Stadium 14 Theater in Santa Rosa. This year we're celebrating The Heroines Of Horror - Kelli Maroney, Barbara Crampton, and Dee Wallace. Meet the original Creature From The Black Lagoon Ricou Browning. There's even a special screening of the 4K Criterion Edition of Night Of The Livi...

Hello, all!
I am currently developing a short animated musical film with a lot of Cow-reography, tentatively titled "Barn Dance".
If the story stands (and dances!) on its own, maybe even makes some headway in festivals, I am hoping to milk that for all it is worth--to get permission to use a specific piece of music. If that doesn't work, I can come up with some music on my own or enlist help, but it was written with one song in mind.
Please check out the attached script.&n...

A scrolling band of carnelian clouds circling clockwise, a boy in an Afghani folk costume swirling within, a radiant beam at the center: The opening frames of Nora Twomey’s animated film The Breadwinner tell a tale of light and shadow, conjuring dream imagery of the pyche’s quest towards wholeness in the larger world. In case you haven’t guessed, we’re in the realm of universal truth, seen from toon-spun Afghanistan.
The allegory quickly blossoms into...

Hello, all! Screenwriter Andrew Garrett here.
One of many film projects I am drumming up support for is "A Whisker Past Midnight". It was selected this year for the Stage32 Global Matchmaking Program--more information is available at:
https://www.stage32.com/blog/Winners-Announced-European-Co-Production-Match-Making-Program
and
http://www.facebook.com/ww2thriller
"Whisker" is a WWII-era thriller set on a doomed ocean liner (is there any other kind?), with a Nazi pl...

Submit your film today on Film Freeway!
Montreal gets animated! We are going to AFM October 31- November 7 and we are actively seeking your animation film lineup at MIAFF 2018 and other film festivals around the globe.
We curate animation and VR technology for film festivals and have done so for Moscow International Film Festival, SMILE International Children and Youth Film Festival
and many more.
If you have an animation film series or movie in the works please please email laurie@a...

To celebrate the second edition of Real to Reel: The Craft Film Festival, we released our first trailer. This was shown in the Picturehouse Central cinema screens ahead of the event, as well as widely shared online through our networks.
It showcased the diversity of people, places and practices we celebrate during the festival.
Apply now, be part of next year's edition!
Real to Reel: The Craft Film Festival Trailer 2017 from Crafts Council on Vimeo.
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Calling all filmmakers! Applications now open for 2018 edition
Produced by the Crafts Council and Crafts magazine, Real to Reel is the first UK festival dedicated to craft and moving image. Now in its third year, the festival highlights the extraordinary talent and technique of the making and film communities.
Real to Reel will return to Picturehouse Central London on 8th, 9th and 10th May 2018, to coincide with London Craft Week.
Applications for submissions are now open,...

MIAFF is bursting into its 5th edition and will be a spectacular 5th year birthday party!
Call for entries are now open so take advantage of early bird rates until October 14
For festival strategy and consultation contact Animation Calling today!
With hundreds of submissions from all over the world MIAFF 5 will be screening your film alongside an ANIMAZING party to boot!
Animaze is an international film festival and conference dedicated to exploring the world of animation in all ...

On June 16, 2017, during the Annecy Festival, GKIDS, the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and Variety announced the creation of ANIMATION IS FILM, a Los Angeles-Based Animation Film Festival.
This ambitious project around animation now comes into being and takes place October 20-22, 2017 at the TCL Chinese 6 Theater, Hollywood.
Check out the competition line-up and jury.
ANIMATION IS FILM announced the line-up and jury members for its inaugural edition. The Festiv...

The IndieBOOM! Festival is now accepting short films and videos in all categories, and unproduced screenplays. Submissions are open until Nov. 3. IndieBOOM! runs from Dec. 18, 2017 – Jan. 5, 2018 streaming worldwide, online at indieboomff.com and on a Roku channel with over 16K subscribers. Created by the award-winning Art of Brooklyn Film Festival http://aobff.org

We’re in the middle of a new indie boom, and it deserves a new kind of festival. IndieBOOM! helps you promote your work and increase your fanbase, which you take with you as you crowdfund and pitch future projects. Category winners are chosen by view count, with the overall most-viewed selection winning $500. A jury of industry pros will award a Jury Prize to their favorite selection, regardless of views. All winning films and videos will also receive a one-year, non-exclusive distribution deal on BKOD. http://brooklynondemand.com

Our winning screenplay will receive a professional consultation with a Los Angeles based story analyst and more!

Still from A War to End All Wars directed by UK animator Ruth Coggins
The Montreal International Animation FIlm Festival is proving itself to be the hippest animation festival. Discovering the film on social media, MIAFF will deliver a world premiere of UK film A War to End ALl Wars by director Ruth Coggins. Festival director Laurie Gordon recalls noticing a few stills and trailer of the animated film she first noticed on a Twitter feed a few months ago. She recalls, " It wasn'...

Student filmmakers Esteban Bravo (left) and Beth David Courtesy of Esteban Bravo and Beth David
The Montreal International Animation Film Festival is one of the first festivals to confirm an exclusive screening of In a Heartbeat a short animation film in the student film competition taking the internet by storm going viral with over 5 million views in just a few days.
Two animation students at Ringling School of Art and Design in Florida were able to raise more...

FLiCKERFEST 27th International Short Film Festival
12-21 January 2018, Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia
Flickerfest is an Academy® Accredited and BAFTA-recognised festival.
FLiCKERFEST, Australia’s premier international short film festival, will be held at the Bondi Pavilion on Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach in January 2018. The Festival in 2018 will celebrate 27 years of screening the best short films from Australia and around the world in competitions and special showc...

Movies are so rarely great art that if we can not appreciated great trash we have very little reason to be interested in them. - Pauline Kael
Submission open now for this edition.
Follow the below links to proceed for the submission.
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Odessa, TX - The 2017 West Texas Film Festival is slated for November 8th through the 11th. All screenings and workshops will be held on the Odessa College campus in Odessa, Texas.
This year's festival will feature three showcases and an Educational Day.
November 8th - Cinema of Cuisine - This showcase will feature films about food incuding the 2009 comedy Julie & Julia. Shorts and documentaries will be included.
November 9th - Tales of Texas - This showcase will feature th...

MONSTRA | Lisbon Animated Film Festival was born in 2000 in order to celebrate the artistic transversality, to meet people from different arts, new artistic looks forward, using as a basis the most multidisciplinary language we know: the Animated Film.
MONSTRA's 17th edition will happen from March 8th to 18th 2018.
Each edition we focus retrospectives and curatorships on a guest country - MONSTRA 2018 edition's guest country is Estonia.
Our competitive sections are: Feature Film, In...

Taiwan International Children’s Film Festival (TICFF) was founded by Public Television Service (PTS, Taiwan) in 2004. Held biennially, it is the first film and television festival in Asia dedicated to viewers aged 12 and under. The 8th edition is scheduled for April 2018 in Taipei.

TICFF’s mission is to encourage quality children’s programming worldwide and to engage young local viewers with valuable access to the media. In 2016, TICFF attracted close to 15,000 audience to the screening during the one-week event.

In addition to bringing in and showing outstanding dramas, documentaries, animations and television programs, the Festival also includes an international competition with generous prizes that attracts the best works in children’s viewing to participate.

In addition, a key part of the Festival is the “Kids as Directors” section, which focuses on works in which young filmmakers have had a key role in production. This category gives young people a chance to display their creativity and serves as another way to bring children closer to the world of film and video.

PTS has striven since its founding in 1998 to serve the people of Taiwan with the finest in television viewing for viewers of all ages. PTS has also taken on the heavy responsibility of organizing and carrying out TICFF in order to give children in Taiwan a chance to view the world from a better vantage point. Hopefully the works shown in this Festival will introduce young viewers to other cultures and other perspectives and help to broaden the horizons of all who come to the events.

The 8th Taiwan International Children's Film Festival (TICFF), scheduled to take place April, 2018 in Taipei, Taiwan, is now open for submissions till Sep. 30, 2017.
TICFF was founded by Public Television Service (PTS Taiwan) in 2004. Held biennially, it is the first and largest film and television festival in Asia dedicated entirely to children, with its mission to encourage quality children’s programming and to engage young local viewers with valuable access to the media. TICFF scre...